Christine Gonzalez

Christine Gonzalez Aldeis (born 1952/1953)

Aldeis was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, where she came from a family that had strong ties to the railroad industry. Her grandmother was a Harvey Girl, her grandfather worked as a Pullman conductor, her father worked as a train conductor and her mother was a secretary to the Santa Fe trainmaster in El Paso. Her family was supportive of her announcement to become an engineer and she began training as a hostler in May of 1973. In 1980, she met Robert Aldeis and they were married and had two children. Aldeis took some time off to be with her children, but returned to the railroad as part of the reserve board. In 1989, she became a volunteer for Operation Lifesaver. After the BNSF merger, Aldeis became a field safety support manager and later the regional manager. In 2012, she retired from BNSF.